Re:U.S. now can ask travelers for Facebook, Twitter handles
by accountyaccount on Friday June 02, 2017 @12:48PM
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There's a lot of value inherent to the ability to remain anonymous on the internet. This essentially strips that away because to retain that anonymity you have to commit a felony.
Innocuous example: for a while people wanted to know who horse_ebooks was, and there was some allure to that. Under this rule some low-level government employee can essentially leak it to all of their friends, or worse — blackmail.
Innocuous example: for a while people wanted to know who horse_ebooks was, and there was some allure to that. Under this rule some low-level government employee can essentially leak it to all of their friends, or worse — blackmail.
Now we're creating two groups of people:
A. Those who are not anonymous
B. Felons